2013 Jack Beale Lecture: Dr David Suzuki
Dr David Suzuki presents the 2013 Jack Beale Lecture on the Global Environment, on the topic of Imagining a sustainable future: foresight over hindsight. In a wide-ranging talk the Canadian scientist and broadcaster discusses the environmental movement's successes and failures, explores human evolution and the threats to our future, outlines the problems of a globalised economy, criticises the Australian government's climate change policies, and points to a sustainable way forward.
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Fighting to Build Bridges
When Notre Dame senior Luis Llanos was nine years old, political violence forced his family to flee their native Colombia. After arriving in the United States, the generosity of strangers helped them survive and start a new life.
Now, Luis is paying it forward by using his Notre Dame education to help those in need. He is a member of Notre Dame Students Empowering through Engineering Development (NDSEED), a service projects course that partners with Bridges to Prosperity (B2P), a nonprofit org
Forked Flap Columellar Advance
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HST.512 Genomic Medicine (MIT)
This course reviews the key genomic technologies and computational approaches that are driving advances in prognostics, diagnostics, and treatment. Throughout the semester, emphasis will return to issues surrounding the context of genomics in medicine including: what does a physician need to know? what sorts of questions will s/he likely encounter from patients? how should s/he respond? Lecturers will guide the student through real world patient-doctor interactions. Outcome considerations and so
Staff profile, Lauren Musson
Lauren Musson 2013 staff awards Team Colleague (Shortlist)
For more information please visit http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk
Спорт - Sports (Russian Vocabulary)
Learn some sport-related vocabulary words in Russian.
3 From Enlightenment to Romantic? In 1800, having divorced Mrs Fitzherbert and contracted a disastrous marriage with Princess Caroline of Brunswick, forced on him by the necessity of persuading the king to clear his vast debts, the Prince of Wales fled back to Brighton with his court. In 1801 he whiled away his time (and squandered Caroline's dowry) dreaming up extensions and changes to the interior decor of the Pavilion. Of these, certainly the most interesting and prophetic was his development of the interior into a C
Social Impact & the Bottom Line: New Expectations for Luxury Companies
CSR is no luxury – it’s key to firms’ future survival.
"Anyone, anyone" from Ferris Bueller's Day Off
A short clip of Ben Stein as Uber Dork, the economics teacher in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" 1986. This might be a cute introduction video or hook to a teacher workshop or parent meeting. (01:15)
Culture File: Mexico #3 - Las Posadas
Learn essential Mexican cultural information with SpanishPod101.com! In this 25-lesson English-language series, you’ll hear about cultural topics ranging from important cities and tourist destinations to history, influential figures, and traditions in Mexico. You’ll know more about Mexico than the locals in no time!
In this lesson, you’ll learn about Las Posadas in Mexico, while building your Spanish [...]
Long form
Long form with scenes united by common lines.
The Parallax Activity: Measuring the Distances to Nearby Stars (Mandarin)
Determining the position of a star or other object in three-dimensional space is an important concept in astronomy. Finding stellar longitude (called right ascension) and latitude (declination) is easy enough, but it is much harder to find the radial distance to those objects. This lesson teaches how the distances to nearby stars are measured using the parallax effect: as the Earth orbits our sun, the positions of the nearest stars seem to wiggle back and forth compared to more distant stars. Kn
Space Station Live: Science for 2014
International Space Station Chief Scientist Julie Robinson discusses some of the technology and research activity on tap for the orbital laboratory in 2014.
Efraim Halevy on Israel
A former head of Mossad on growing tensions between America and Israel, the Arab spring and stalled Middle East peace negotiations
America's Cup Comes to San Francisco: Technology Under Sail
[Recorded: August 27, 2013]
This is the 2013 "Summer of Racing" with some of the most sophisticated technology ever deployed in both America's Cup racing and for the teleÂvised coverage of the race itself. The Museum is excited to host this special panel just before the America's Cup finals in September. Our guests include Ian "Fresh" Burns, Design Team Member and Matthew Mason, Grinder, both from Oracle Team USA Racing, and the man behind the technolÂogy driving the race, Stan Honey, Director
ArtSleuth 2: MANET - In the Conservatory (final version) - Berlin
This couple seem strangely ill-at-ease in their Paris apartment and fake natural setting. What makes them one of the keys to modern painting?
More on http://www.artsleuth.net
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Brazilian educator Paulo Freire on Karl Marx Paulo Freire talks about Marx in one of his last interviews. With English subtitles.
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The words appear at the bottom of the screen as they are being narrated by Jane Harvey. The words are highlighted in blue as they are being read. The book on which this animated film has been based was awarded The Caldecott Medal. (06:28)
